التعريف
The actual narrated content — the words attributed to the Prophet ﷺ — distinct from the isnād (chain). Even with a sound chain, the matn is critically examined for irregularity (shudhūdh) and contradiction with stronger evidence.
النطق: matn
الاشتقاق والجذر
From م-ت-ن (m-t-n), meaning 'the strong back' or 'the firm part of something' — the substantive content the chain leads to.
ملاحظات علمية
Critique of the matn (naqd al-matn) is a sophisticated discipline — checking the text against the Qur'an, mass-transmitted Sunnah, established principles, and historical reality.
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مصطلحات ذات صلة
المزيد من Hadith Terminology
Attributed directly to the Prophet ﷺ.
Authentic — the highest grade of hadith.
A Tābi‘ī narrates directly from the Prophet ﷺ — skipping the Companion.
The science of criticising and validating narrators.
The generation that met the Companions.
Disconnected — a narrator missing in the chain.